id: 150047 accession number: 1980.259 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.259 updated: 2024-08-08 15:16:07.992000 Cottage by the River with Washerwomen, 1835. Camille Flers (French, 1802–1868). Oil on fabric; unframed: 29.8 x 46.1 cm (11 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.259 title: Cottage by the River with Washerwomen title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1835 creation date earliest: 1835 creation date latest: 1835 current location: creditline: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: oil on fabric department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Camille Flers (French, 1802–1868) - artist Camille Flers, son of the director of a porcelain factory, received his first artistic training from a pastelist named Demarey. He then worked at his father's factory and studied under Pierre Ciceri (1782-1868), who had him paint theater decorations. He was also briefly a student of Joseph François Paris (1784-1871), a landscape painter and friend of his father. Flers took a job as a cook on a boat traveling to Brazil in 1820 and journeyed around South America while taking many odd jobs to earn a living. In 1826 he returned to France and worked again as a porcelain decorator. Flers painted in the countryside during his free time and made his Salon debut in 1831. He exhibited there regularly through 1863, receiving a second-class medal in 1847 and the Legion of Honor in 1849. After his initial Salon success, Flers began to work in Normandy and also became fascinated with the area around Fontainebleau. He was one of the precursors of the Barbizon school, making studies directly from nature and using them for the final compositions he created in the studio. --- measurements: Unframed: 29.8 x 46.1 cm (11 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower right: Flers / 1835 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900 opening date: 1980-11-12T05:00:00 The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 12, 1980-January 18, 1981). title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': "Barbizon, Salle des Fêtes. Barbizon au temps de J.-F. Millet (1849-1875) (1975), no. 178 (repr.), Chaumière au bord d'une rivière avec lavandières, 29.5 x 46.0 cm, signed lower right, Collection Claude Marumo, 215.", 'opening_date': '1975-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA; Brooklyn Museum; Saint Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing (1980-82), no. 154 (repr.) Text by Gabriel P. Weisberg.', 'opening_date': '1980-01-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Galerie Claude Marumo, Paris. Bought by Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland, in 1977. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 272-273, Vol. I, no. 99 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.259/1980.259_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.259/1980.259_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.259/1980.259_full.tif